Mondale Asks for Support B) Mia Grlgiby Dale Had Mentioned That He Was Tired
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Friday, April 27, 1984 Cheers TCI Daily FM burnout TCU freshman Kt-lli McGo- nagill will compete in the final / The Metroplex radio fare is round of the Dallas Cowboy repetitive and lackluster. See cheerleader competition. See Page 2. Skiff Page 8. Mondale asks for support B) Mia Grlgiby dale had mentioned that he was tired. tial candidate Gary Hart. Mondale said that he was in support Staff writer of the Tii1 Daily Skiff The former vice-president has been Mondale said that, while in Texas, of Gov. Mark White's educational Before he spoke to an audience of campaigning in Texas in preparation Hart will voice his opposition to the policies and intended to improve the about 2(K) in front of the Fort Worth for the May 5 caucus which will windfall profits tax. "If that tax hadn't nation's school system. Stockyards building Thursday, pres- choose 169 delegates to the Democra- passed, a quarter of a trillion dollars When asked if he had any com- idential candidate Walter Mondale tic National Convention. Before would have been transferred from ments for TCU students, Mondale, a WH introduced to two TCU students speaking in Fort Worth, Mondale had average Americans here to big oil graduate from the University of Min- and an alumnus by TCU history pro- spent the morning with a group of fifth companies," said Mondale, who nesota Law School said, "On the fessor Ben Proctor. graders in Saginaw, Texas. added that Hart didn't campaign on issues of education, student assist- Proctor, who is also a precinct In his Fort Worth speech, Mondale that issue while in New England, and ance, no one has spent the years I've chairman for the Democratic party, emphasized his opposition to Presi- that while Hart was in New York, "he spent in those fields. I'm going to be a introduced party front-runner Mon- dent Ronald Reagan's suggestion to said he wanted to slap a hundred per- very strong pro-education president. dale to Sara Smith, president of the eliminate the deductability of interest cent tax on old oil." I'm going to make it possible for the House of Student Representatives, on homeowner's mortgages. "It's a Mondale also attacked Hart for vot- kids of families from average incomes Eddie Weller. past president of the new idea, but it's a lousy idea," he ing against funding for strategic pet- to get on to college with loans and House and Charles Kolbe, chairman said. roleum reserves on two occasions in grants. It's a good investment," of the TCU chapter of the Young Mondale said that most homeow- 1981, although "here in Texas Mr. Mondale also attacked Reagan for Democrats. ners have average incomes. "The one Hart will tell you he's a big fan of his fiscal policies. "He thinks we're Smith said that Mondale shook her thing that helps them in the tax laws is strategic petroleum reserves." some kind of jungle where just the hand and asked for her help and also the deductability of that home mort- Other inconsistencies in Hart's richest prosper." He said that, with commented, "Well, we've got all the gage interest rate. If it weren't for campaign statements, said Mondale, Reagan's tax cuts, those who make politicians out here today." that, hundreds of thousands of Amer- include Hart's earlier support of the more than $200,000 a year get Smith said that Mondale did not icans would lose their homes." grain embargo. Mondale said that $60,000 in tax cuts over three years. appear to he fatigued, hut added that The former Minnesota senator also while his opponent is in Texas, "Mr. To those who made $.30,000 or less a Proctor, who had spoken with Mon- pointed out inconsistencies in the Hart will tell you that we must never year, said Mondale, "all taxes consi- dale Wednesday night, said that Mon- statements of Democratic presiden- use food as a weapon.' dered, your taxes went up." TCU's campus crime rate down By Stephanie Cherry dorms or offices," said Stewart. He responsible were able to blend in with wart said. In the program, there is a Staff writer of the TCU Daily Skiff also said that a large number of auto- the crowd. Stewart also said that key worker in all the major depart- Students at TCU run a lower risk of mobile accessories were stolen, and "most persons don't take time to get ments on campus who contacts the becoming another criminal statistic. that the majority of these thefts were an adequate description." police station and other key workers The total number of reported criminal of hubcaps that were not locked or No flashers have been reported on when something has happened within incidents on the TCU campus from marked. campus since warmer weather has ar- that building. January to present is at a five-year According to the Penal Code, a rived. By giving the police and the other low. trespasser is a person who enters or The present low level of criminal workers a description, they are able to TCU Police Chief Oscar Stewart remains on property or in a building of activity is attributed to several factors. keep watch for that suspect. There- SKIFF SURVEYOR: Mike Sessums, a SfcjfjT reporter, helped prepare the said there have been fewer total crime another person without the effective "The best preventive efforts have fore, if another key worker identifies computer program that tabulated the readership survey. incidents on campus during the past consent of the owner or with the been made in the marking and secur- the person, that worker can then con- four months than at any other time knowledge that entry would be for- ing of high-risk type articles due to tact the police to tell them where the during the last five years. bidden. The primary reason for the efforts by different personnel on cam- suspect is located at that moment. Stewart said that although the over- large number of trespassers is that pus," said Stewart. Stewart said that the quality of offic- Skiff readership rates all crime rate is down, there is still an TCU has a wide open campus, which Director of Business Services Edd ers on the police force has also aided excessive number of thefts and tres- allows easy access for people with no Bivin has been urging TCU personnel the fight against crime. "We're for- passers on campus this semester and TCU affiliation, said Stewart. to mark university property with the tunate at the moment that the officers paper credibility, quality that he expects the number of inci- There were also several flashers on TCU number. Bivin, who deals with we have are the best and the most dents to increase throughout the next campus this semester, Stewart said. insurance of the university property, knowledgeable and concerned force By Megan O'Neill "1 would have preferred a larger two weeks. "Even during the coldest spells, Janu- has a limited amount of funds with in six years," said Stewart. Staff writer of the TCU Daily Skiff sample," Haber said, "but I still think According to police files, there ary and February of this year, we had which to replace stolen articles. Be- In addition to the efforts of the offic- we'll l*.»m something." were 47 reports of theft this semester, an excessive number of Hashers," he cause the fund is limited, he urges ers, Stewart said that students must Thr "preliminary findings'" of a The survey asked readers to rate 24 reports of suspicious persons and said. personnel to mark property so that it also work to prevent crime, and urges readership study rating the TCV Dai- the quality and credibility of the Skiff criminal trespassing and six burg- However, none of the flashers were is not easily disposed of and to dis- them, as well as other TCU person- ly Skiff show that on a scale of 1 to 5, as well as rating subjects of interest to laries. caught. Stewart attributes this to the courage the theft entirely. nel, to secure automobiles and rooms. students rate the overall quality and them. Additionally, the questionnaire Stewart said that the majority of fact that most of this activity took The Secretary Pyramid Alert Prog- "Without real awareness of the credibility of the Skiff AS a 3.5 and a offered respondents the opportunity thefts were committed by students. place during the busiest times of day ram has also aided the campus police campus community, the incidents 3.3, respectively, a slightly above to suggest added features or improve- "Most of these thefts have been from during class changes, and the persons in the apprehension of criminals, Ste- will increase," said Stewart. average rating. ments in the paper. Students expressed high interest in "The editors won't follow the sug- campus, national and entertainment gestions word-for-word," Haber said, news and a desire to see more local but will "use them as a guide in mak- Faulkner s nephew recalls legend of uncle and Greek news. Students gave a low- ing editorial decisions." er rating of 2.8 to Au Courant, howev- By Andrew M. Kinney advice, Faulkner's novels dealt er, with a little less than one-third of Besides wanting more campus Staff writer of the TCU Daily Skiff with places or people he had en- the 77 evaluated respondents never news and personality profiles, respon- reading the Monday edition of the Novelist William Faulkner was a countered in what was then Yokna- dents suggested such diverse features Skiff This is the second semester of man who rarely smiled, didn't like patawpha County, Miss.